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♂ Gordon Minto Churchill
aliasGordon Churchill
Record
11123 · 9556

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 89%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 1 8
Manitoba 1 0 1
Total 8 1 9
Birth 8 November 1898 → 125 years + 5 months ago
Lived 86 years + 8 months
First mandate 15 January 1946 → 78 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 2 months
Death 3 August 1985 → 38 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 1 month after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 16 11 24
Manitoba 3 4 15 Z
TOTAL 20 4 9

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 58–61 21 Jun 1957 — 10 Oct 1960 3 3 19
2. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister 58–61 22 Jun 1957 — 10 Oct 1960 3 3 18
3. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister 61–64 11 Oct 1960 — 11 Feb 1963 2 4 0
4. CA 25
PC
 1 Minister 64 12 Feb 1963 — 21 Apr 1963 0 2 9
 1. Canadian Wheat Board [Agriculture]
 2. Trade and Commerce
 3. Veterans Affairs
 4. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 11  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon R. Fines  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ H. Ralph Maybank  m 
⊖ Roland Penner  m 
⊖ Alistair M. Stewart  m 
 		 ⊕ Alvin H. Mackling  m 
⊖ Asta A. Oddson  f 
⊖ Philip M. Petursson  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
22		 Manitoba
15 January 1946
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37812(F) — 15 Oct 2022 13:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
CAF
 1/1 By acclamation ?
After his election:
19 Feb 1946 47
CAF
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance ()
1 Jun 1949 50
IND
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,380 Votes: 27,272 Participation: 69.25% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23431(F) — 27 Jan 2022 14:44 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
50
PC
 2/3 6,593 24.44% -8,154 Winner:
LIB
 14,747 54.68% H. Ralph Maybank
Eligible: 50,339 Votes: 20,675 Participation: 41.07% Candidacies: 9
Provincial
23		 Manitoba
10 November 1949
General
Single trans. vote (4)
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37576(F) — 17 Sep 2022 18:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
LIBP
 1,839 8.99% Paul Bardal
Eligible: 39,380 Votes: 13,779 Participation: 34.99% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Manitoba
25 June 1951
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23661(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
PC
 1/3 6,009 43.61% +736 Loser:
LIB
 5,273 38.27% Norman Wright

Service: 2 years 1 month 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 53,269 Votes: 29,680 Participation: 55.72% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Manitoba
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23723(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 12,489 42.70% +2,737 Loser:
LIB
 9,752 33.34% A.W. Hanks

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,542 Votes: 38,376 Participation: 73.04% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24006(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/4 19,022 50.12% +9,430 Loser:
LIB
 9,592 25.27% Roy Richardson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 52,542 Votes: 41,624 Participation: 79.22% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24272(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/3 27,722 66.60% +19,795 Loser:
LIB
 7,927 19.04% Ronald Gillies

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 38,508 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24549(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/4 16,547 42.97% +2,241 Loser:
LIB
 14,306 37.15% Ed Russenholt

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 40,134 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Manitoba
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24813(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
PC
 1/4 17,092 42.59% +1,243 Loser:
LIB
 15,849 39.49% Fred Douglas

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,556 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Manitoba
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25082(F) — 28 Jun 2023 12:38 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
PC
 1/4 15,296 41.84% +2,034 Loser:
LIB
 13,262 36.28% Fred Douglas
After his election:
27 Feb 1968 69
PC
 →
IPC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,915 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Manitoba
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9924(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
LIB
 23,775 51.78% Edmund B. Osler

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Churchill, Gordon M.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Churchill, Gordon M.		 18 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)		 18 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Gordon Minto Churchill, P.C., D.S.O., M.P.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Gordon Minto Churchill, C.P., D.S.O., député		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gordon Churchill		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 19:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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